CVE-2016-2204
Symantec Messaging Gateway Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
The management console on Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) Appliance devices before 10.6.1 allows local users to obtain root-shell access via crafted terminal-window input.
INFO
Published Date :
April 22, 2016, 6:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:48 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.0
Exploitability Score :
1.5
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CVE-2016-2204
vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86138 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035609 Added Reference http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160418_00 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035609 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:10.6.0:7:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:10.6.0:6:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:10.6.0:5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:10.6.0:4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:10.6.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:10.6.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:10.6.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160418_00 No Types Assigned http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160418_00 Advisory Added CWE CWE-74 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2204
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2204
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.07447
percentile